---
title: "Canada vs Mexico — area, population, currency"
description: "Canada is 9,984,670 km² with 41,651,653 people; Mexico is 1,964,375 km² with 131,946,900. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-mexico/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Canada vs Mexico

**Canada vs Mexico: Canada is larger; Mexico has more people**

9,984,670 km² vs 1,964,375 km² · 41,651,653 vs 131,946,900

Canada is 5.1 times larger than Mexico — 9,984,670 against 1,964,375 km². Mexico is 3.2 times more populous than Canada — 131,946,900 against 41,651,653 people.

## Side by side

|  | Canada | Mexico |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Ottawa | Mexico City |
| Area | 9,984,670 km² | 1,964,375 km² |
| Population | 41,651,653 (2025) | 131,946,900 (2025) |
| Density | 4.2 /km² | 67.2 /km² |
| Currency | Canadian dollar (CAD) | Mexican peso (MXN) |
| Official languages | English, French | Spanish |
| Time zones | UTC-08:00, UTC-07:00, UTC-06:00, UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:30 | UTC-08:00, UTC-07:00, UTC-06:00, UTC-05:00 |
| Calling code | +1 | +52 |
| Drives on the | right | right |
| Continent | North America | North America |
| ISO codes | CA / CAN | MX / MEX |

## Population density

Mexico is 16 times more densely populated than Canada — 67 against 4 people per km². Density is where area and population interact, and it often reverses the impression the headline figures give — a large country with a small population can feel emptier than a small crowded one by an enormous margin.

## Practical differences

- Different currencies: the Canadian dollar and the Mexican peso.
- Canada spans 6 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.

## Canada

The second-largest country in the world by total area, and the longest coastline of any — about 202,000 km, more than the rest of the world put together. Canada holds more lake area than every other country combined, and something over two million lakes. Its border with the United States is the longest between any two countries at 8,891 km.

## Mexico

Mexico has the fourth-highest count of vertebrate and plant species of any country, and more reptile species than anywhere else. Chicxulub, under the northern Yucatán, is the roughly 180 km crater left by the asteroid impact 66 million years ago. The Sistema Sac Actun beneath the same peninsula is the longest known underwater cave system in the world, over 370 km surveyed.

> Neutral facts only. Nothing here addresses politics, government, economics or which country is preferable in any respect — population is the one figure that dates, and it carries its year.

## Common questions

### Is Canada bigger than Mexico?

Canada is larger — 9,984,670 km² against 1,964,375 km².

### Which has more people, Canada or Mexico?

Mexico, with 131,946,900 against 41,651,653.

### What is the time difference between Canada and Mexico?

Canada is UTC-08:00, UTC-07:00, UTC-06:00, UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:30 and Mexico is UTC-08:00, UTC-07:00, UTC-06:00, UTC-05:00. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it.

## Related pages

- [Canada](https://atoneplace.net/country/canada/)
- [Mexico](https://atoneplace.net/country/mexico/)
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- [China vs Mexico](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-mexico/)
- [Japan vs Mexico](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/japan-vs-mexico/)
- [Canada vs United States](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-united-states/)
- [Canada vs India](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-india/)
- [Canada vs China](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-china/)
- [Canada vs United Kingdom](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-united-kingdom/)
- [Canada vs Japan](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-japan/)
- [Canada vs New Zealand](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-new-zealand/)
- [Canada vs France](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-france/)
- [Canada vs Germany](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-germany/)
- [Canada vs Italy](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-italy/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]